Political contributions should never be considered by any procurement officer when making contract decisions — so why would the Obama administration want to require businesses to disclose those contributions to procurement officers when applying for government contracts?

Thanks to three American senators, China will be pumping Iraqi oil.

House Republicans seem to be wavering on an earmark ban, but voters have a right to know before Election Day whether House Republican leaders will ban earmarks if they win the majority.

With congressional guidance on integrating employee seniority lists, airlines face one less roadblock to their desired mergers.

Politicians have frequently directed harsh rhetoric toward particular corporate taxpayers that earn high profits. At times, this rhetoric has been accompanied by policy proposals that single out a narrow set of profitable taxpayers for disparate treatment. Perhaps the most notable example is the war against Big Oil.

Voting patterns since the 2006 midterm elections show that newmoderate Democrats make up for the loss of Republican moderates.

1992 was dubbed by some as the "year of the woman," but almost every congressional election has seen an increase in women, and this one is no exception.

November 2006 is still a long way off, but if early signs are any indication we will not see a major shift in either direction in the Senate.